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        Here And There

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        Status Seeking
        		 13:18
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        God Bless The Child
        		 5:33
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        April Fool
        		 4:09
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        G.W.
        		 12:09
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        Don't Blame Me
        		 13:08
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        Total Tracks: 5   Total Length: 48:17

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        10.14.09
        Eric Dolphy, Here And There
        2006 | Label: Fantasy Records

        Multi-reedsman Dolphy is one of the rare jazz players to serve as sideman to three giants of modern jazz, working with Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman on their groundbreaking works. Dolphy mastered not just alto sax but the far more obstinate bass clarinet and flute and made their tonalities work in the post-bop vernacular. Culled and collected after his untimely death in 1964 from an untreated diabetic condition, Here and There draws from three different sessions, though there's no reason to consider them shavings. Opener "Status Seeking" comes from a stand at the Five Spot with the similarly doomed Booker Little and second-line timekeeping whiz Ed Blackwell, and it remains lightning-quick and ferocious for its 13-minute duration. At the other end of the spectrum, Dolphy's solo bass clarinet reading of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" stops the earth spinning on most days.

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        Features two tunes from the Five Spot sessions.

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        "Status Seeking" and "God Bless the Child" are from the Five Spot sessions. That entire set is actually spread out over four albums: "At The Five Spot Volumes 1 & 2"; "Memorial Album"; and the two tracks which appear on this album. If you are interested in hearing the concert in chronological order--or at least in the sequence as recorded by Prestige--here is the set list (according to Vladimir Simosko and Barry Tepperman's discography): 1) Status Seeking, 2) God Bless the Child, 3) Aggression, 4) Like Someone in Love, 5) Fire Waltz, 6) Bee Vamp, 7) The Prophet, 8) Number Eight (Potsa Lotsa), 9) Booker's Waltz, 10) Bee Vamp (alternate take). "G.W." is an outtake from "Outward Bound." The other two tunes are from the unspectacular Copenhagen Concerts and are of historic interest only.

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        This CD reissue has rarities from three different Eric Dolphy sessions. “April Fool” and the alternate take of “G.W.” are drawn from Dolphy’s initial date as a leader, a quintet outing with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and pianist Jaki Byard. “Don’t Blame Me” is taken from a Copenhagen concert but it is the two remaining numbers (“Status Seeking” and an unaccompanied rendition on bass clarinet of “God Bless the Child”) that are of greatest interest. The latter cuts are taken from Dolphy’s legendary gig at the Five Spot Cafe with trumpeter Booker Little, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Ed Blackwell, not duplicating the seven more famous performances that are often thought of as the group’s entire output. Although it is easy to think of this set on a whole as containing “leftovers,” Dolphy’s strong playing on alto, flute and bass clarinet makes the music of strong interest to his fans. – Scott Yanow

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